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Monday, August 31, 2009

Top Five Signs I am Getting OLD(er)

This past weekend at camp I got some reminders that I am getting older. Here are a few:

1. The fact that I am as old as one of my camper's mom. I became aware of that as she stated, "My mom always says she's old. She's 28." Thanks for that.

2. I was SO excited that my assignment with the younger girls cabin meant a 930 bedtime. Unfortunately, no one told the girls that bedtime actually meant time to go to sleep.

3. The bruises that I have on the back of my leg courtesy of my time on the see-saw.

4. The fact that I was the only one actually interested in resting during rest time. The girls had tons of energy to keep running around the cabin, but I actually wanted to rest!

5. Every camp there is a new popular dance that I have never heard of before. In May, it was the "Stanky Leg." This time, it was the "Hoedown Throwdown." I searched for it on YouTube when I got home, and found out that it is a Hannah Montana song. Who knew? Well, apparently all of the kids/teenagers at camp did. You should check it out. You know, so you can stay hip and stuff... Except that I don't think anyone uses the word "hip" anymore in that context.

4 comments:

I think I can top that, but my worst getting old moment was seeing a fashion I wore being displayed as the new spring fashion. That's when I had to learn the rule, "If you wore it once, you can't wear it again," Darn.

You obviously missed my blog post a couple of months ago of the video of me at Buckhead Church leading the kids in the Hoedown Throwdown at eight months pregnant. No, I wasn't dancing - only singing. :) After learning the song all summer long, I'll be fine if I never hear it again. ;)

actually, i did see that video, but apparently the song itself didn't stick in my memory...until now. i only listened to it a few times while i was looking for the video on youtube, but it definitely was swimming around in my head today!

I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one with the Hoedown Throwdown stuck in my head after camp! I also was surprised to learn it was a Hannah Montana song (and actually kind of shocked that the teens were okay with doing it).

It does make me feel old when I realize I am the same age as some of my older patients' parents. I have one patient whose grandmother has guardianship of him, and apparently she became his GRANDMOTHER when she was only a year or two older than me. Although that doesn't make me feel old as much as does make me feel glad my life has not led me down that path.

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